A really good TED talk about this change: http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_what_will_future_jobs_look_like.html

Pay attention to the graphs around the 8th minute. The question it begs is: even with an economy of abundance where a ton of menial work is done bu robots, what to do with unqualified workers?

Should we consider them as other disabled people and give them sustenance? Should we start some kind of eugenics where only those who can get work can reproduce, getting some kind of selection back after kicking it out?
Or will transhumanism make this a non problem if we get to the point of being able to upgrade humans?

The next couple centuries should be interesting times.

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